"China Commercial Bank? What a good name! Let's call it this. What do you think? Do you have any opinions?"
Then several friends had no objections, and the name of the store was decided on as Zhonghua Commercial Bank.
The next step is to make the plaque and prepare for the opening.
Two days later, the birthday party of Emperor Li Yuan was officially held.
All civil and military officials, as well as those from aristocratic families, went to the banquet in person.
Today's Da'an Palace is very lively, with guests gathering, palace maids and powerful men flowing in endlessly.
The guests who came all kowtowed to the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan to celebrate his birthday and presented their own gift lists.
As the emperor, Li Shimin also entertained guests by Li Yuan's side.
However, Li Yuan didn't want to see Li Shimin at all, and he didn't look good on him, which made Li Shimin more embarrassed.
Fortunately, there were still two daughters-in-law, Empress Changsun and Huangfei, and Li Yuan gave them face, so that Li Shimin would not be so embarrassed.
When Li Min arrived, Li Yuan was very happy. He called Li Min over and asked Li Min to sit next to him.
Such an honor not only surprised Li Shimin, Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang, but also the civil and military officials from all over the court who came to celebrate his birthday were even more astonished.
You know, in the past, the emperor's favorite prince was Li Tai, followed by Li Ke, and the prince was ranked third.
Unexpectedly, the most favored one now is actually Li Min.
What kind of ecstasy soup did this guy pour into the Supreme Emperor to make him so pampered?
Li Tai and Prince Li Chengqian were extremely jealous of Li Min.
Only Li Min's brother, the third prince Li Ke, not only did not feel jealous at all about this scene, but was actually filled with joy.
Min'er has finally grown up and is no longer as naughty as she was when she was little.
As for Li Min himself, he was extremely awkward.
If he had a choice, he would not want to sit next to the Supreme Emperor.
With so many people watching, I can't even think of making a small move, it's so awkward.
After the birthday greetings were completed, the literati in the court began to recite poems and write poems.
Literati like elegant things and gather together. If they don't recite poems correctly, it would be a shame for them to study hard for ten years.
Because it was the birthday banquet of Emperor Li Yuan, the first thing to do was to celebrate his birthday with a poem.
After writing the birthday poem, someone mentioned that it had snowed heavily in the past two days and the plum blossoms were in full bloom. Why not use the word plum and snow to write a poem to suit the occasion?
Wind, flowers, snow and moon are the favorites of literati, and plum and snow are the two most written things in poetry.
Any literati can write a couple of sentences about this topic.
Therefore, as soon as the title of this poem came out, it immediately aroused the interest of all literati, and even Li Shimin wrote a poem himself.
The more these literati played, the more interested they became. After each person composed a poem, they had to send it to the audience and then comment on it in person.
Then someone suggested, why not choose the first place, which will also become a good story in the future?
This proposal was immediately approved by most of the people.
Seeing how lively everyone was having fun, Emperor Li Yuan also became interested.
He couldn't help but say: "Seeing that you are having fun, I'll just add a bonus. Come on, bring me the Emperor's Fish Intestine Sword. The first place winner will get the Fish Intestine Sword."
Um?
The Supreme Emperor was so willing that he even took out the Fish Intestine Sword!
You know, this fish intestine sword is one of the top ten magic weapons.
For this lucky draw, the atmosphere at the venue became even more lively.
Even the crown prince Li Chengqian, the third prince Li Ke and the fourth prince Li Tai all stopped writing poems.
Only Li Min was not interested in this kind of poetry writing.
Well, okay, actually Li Min is not very interested in the Fish Intestine Sword.
It's just a dagger. Any alloy dagger you can buy in His Highness's shop will be much sharper and stronger than it.
So Li Min pretended to go to the toilet and sneaked out to play with Cheng Chuliang and the others.
Li Min is only interested in the banquet now.
You said that these people are really idle, just playing around and composing poems, wouldn't it be better to hold a serious banquet?
Li Min can't wait to promote his Zhenguan table, Zhenguan chair and MSG.
While Li Min and Cheng Chuliang were discussing their business in low voices, comments on the poems were already being made over there.
The person elected first was actually the fourth prince Li Tai.
After hearing the news, Li Min frowned instinctively.
The fourth prince, Li Tai, was both civil and military and was deeply loved by Li Shimin. Li Min knew this.
But this ability in both civil and military affairs was actually just a comparison among several princes.
If it were said that Li Tai could win the first prize in one fell swoop if he was allowed to write poems among the Manchu civil servants, Li Min would not believe it even to death.
If Li Tai's literary talent is really so high, then why are there no poems by him that have been handed down in the entire Tang poetry?
After a little thought, Li Min figured out the doorway inside.
Today's poem title must have been proposed by Li Tai's people, and the same was true for the subsequent rankings in the competition.
As for Li Tai, he must have found a gunman to prepare poems in advance in order to make a splash at the banquet.
And coincidentally, the Supreme Emperor actually added another bonus, which was even more of an unexpected surprise for Li Tai, right?
I have to say that in order to fight for the throne, Li Tai really did everything he could.
However, can the battle for the throne be successful just by relying on these little clevernesses?
Li Min couldn't help but shook his head, a little disdainful of Li Tai's actions.
Li Tai won the first prize, and Emperor Li Yuan was very happy and personally rewarded Li Tai with the Fish Intestine Sword.
Originally, the event was successfully concluded here, these literati had a great time, and the banquet was about to begin.
Unexpectedly, Li Tai still felt that there was a fly in the ointment, and then remembered what Li Min had done to frame him before.
So, Li Tai rolled his eyes, then walked up to Li Min hypocritically and said to Li Min: "Oh, Sixth Brother, others have written poems, why didn't you do it?"
Li Min smiled slightly and said: "My younger brother is not very talented and doesn't know how to recite poetry. I hope that my fourth brother will forgive me."
Li Tai immediately made a fuss and said: "How is this possible? The sixth brother is a great talent. I heard that in the court, he composed a poem called Charcoal Selling Man in front of everyone, which shocked the whole audience. How can you say that you can't compose poetry?
Today is the Emperor's Grandpa's banquet, and the Emperor's Grandpa has come up with a lucky draw. Each of our brothers has made a song, except for the sixth brother who didn't do it. What does the sixth brother mean?"
When Li Ke saw this, he couldn't help but stood up and said: "Fourth brother, sixth brother is really not good at composing poems, why not let me compose one for him?"
Li Tai said in a sinister voice: "Third brother, there are some things that cannot be replaced. Do you also want to take the place of sixth brother when he has a wedding night in the future?"
Li Tai's words immediately caused a burst of laughter.
"you!"
Li Ke's face couldn't help but look awkward.
Li Min patted Li Ke on the shoulder and said, "Third brother, it doesn't matter. I just want to write a poem. Just let me do it!"
